Example sentences of "though she be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | even though she is crippled . |
| 2 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 3 | Even though she 's changed everything about her life and undergone surgery to become a woman … the law still says she is male |
| 4 | And though she 's spent a lot of time onstage talking about how pretty she is , it 's only quite recently she started to believe it herself . |
| 5 | Though she was huddled in the corner as far from him as she could get , the car was n't very big , and every time they went round a corner his thigh and shoulder pressed against hers . |
| 6 | It 's a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection , but even though she was born in captivity she 'll always be a wild creature with the instincts of a killer . ’ |
| 7 | Tiny though she was compared with her assailant , she fought like a wildcat . |
| 8 | She was glad to reach the door of the Seven Stars where she could rest the bag , though she was screwed up with fear that Garty might pop out of some alley , or Samson erupt like a volcano from the bowels of the tavern . |
| 9 | Her accent is gentler than the others , and her words are clipped as though she was schooled in England as child , though I know she was n't . |
| 10 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 11 | Lucenzo was smiling for a special reason , though she was darned if she knew why . |
| 12 | Though she was dressed , her long fair hair was still in pigtails , the way she wore it at night . |
| 13 | No one knew how old she was , but she looked as though she was made of leather and would last forever . |
| 14 | Killer Clare was looking after Cathy because she had been employed by a home care agency which had n't checked her references — though she was wanted for arson . |
| 15 | But things had not been at all what they 'd seemed — though she was bound by her promise never to reveal the truth . |
| 16 | Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring . |
| 17 | The Princess of Wales has no GCVO yet , though she was admitted to the Royal Family Order ( the small ribbon brooch worn on the left shoulder ) soon after her marriage ( before November 1981 ) . |
| 18 | I have seen our old matriarch walk between two younger antagonists and break up a fight with a snarl , even though she was aged and barely able to walk . |
| 19 | Feeling so totally unlike her normal self , as though she was mesmerised , Hilary slowly removed his clothes . |
| 20 | Marjorie smiled at him , though she was hurt . |
| 21 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 22 | Juliet felt she was in another world , she felt as though she were intoxicated . |
| 23 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 24 | As his fingers explored further , slipping inside her , moving rhythmically against her , a drowsy and confused acceptance possessed her mind while , at the same time , her body responded to his touch as though she were made of fire ; and the centre of that hotness burned deep and slow and fierce inside her , tantalizingly with the magic of Johnny 's moving fingers . |
| 25 | As though she were made of fire . |
| 26 | Even as she struggled he was lifting her clear off her feet as easily as though she were made of thistledown . |
| 27 | Just for a moment she felt paralysed , as though she were bolted to her seat . |
| 28 | As though she were buried under layers of white leaves . |
| 29 | For a second it was as though she were frozen , unable to move . |